Tallahassee firefighters earn national medals at U.S. Firefighter Challenge Championship

ERIE, Pa. — Two Tallahassee firefighters are bringing home national honors after competing in a championship event in Pennsylvania.

Tallahassee Fire Department’s Gene Liford and Brandon Corley represented the department at the Firefighter Challenge U.S. National Championship in Erie, Pennsylvania, from Sept. 23-26, earning multiple top-three finishes.

Liford and Corley finished second in the nation in the Male Hybrid Relay and second in the nation in the Coed Hybrid Relay.

Liford also posted several individual and tandem results, including third in the Coed Tandem, third in Division 1 Male Individual and third in the 30-39 Male Individual. Liford’s individual performance earned him a third-place national finish.